Posts Categorized: Theatre Reviews

Ottawa, Ontario Jonas McLean reviews Mr. Shi and His Lover, Wong Teng Chi and Njo Kong Kie’s contemporary Mandarin language opera about love, gender, sex, and power: Meta-theatricality has long been a common technique in theatre of all kinds, and certainly…

Toronto, Ontario Tijana Spasich reviews Tarragon Theatre’s Hamlet, a topical tragedy told through the lens of rock and roll. While Tarragon describes their current production of Hamlet as one “told through the powerful lens of rock and roll”, director Richard Rose’s…

Toronto, Ontario Colin Williams reviews Theatre Office Natori’s absurdist homage to Samuel Beckett Godot Has Come, presented for one night only in Toronto by Why Not Theatre in association with fu-GEN Theatre Company: As I search for a seat for…

Toronto, Ontario Mae Smith reviews DopoLavoroTeatrale (DLT)’s immersive An Italian Christmas Carol, an interactive theatrical experience for an audience of one person at a time: An Italian Christmas Carol is an immersive theatrical piece not to be missed, and one best understood by…

Vancouver, British Columbia Annie Smith review’s Circadia Indigena’s Greed/REsolve, a contemporary dance piece in two acts devised collaboratively by the inter-Nation collective: By the end of Circadia Indigena’s Greed/REsolve I felt as though I had been assaulted by an icy…

Toronto, Ontario Shelley Liebembuk reviews Jeff Ho’s trace, a Factory Theatre production in association with b current performing arts: In his debut as playwright, Jeff Ho presents a solo piece that explores his family history through three generations of women….

Toronto, Ontario Shelley Liebembuk reviews Cahoots Theatre and Obsidian Theatre’s world premiere of The Other Side of the Game, written by Amanda Parris and directed by Nigel Shawn Williams: Five actors enter the stage, each carrying a folding chair. In unison, they slam…

Ottawa, Ontario Jonas McLean catches the second weekend of Ottawa’s Fresh Meat Fest, a self-described “playground” that gives local artists the space to explore new work in a micro-play format. Keeping in kind, here are Jonas’ micro-reviews of the first five of ten…

Ottawa, Ontario Jonas McLean catches the first weekend of Ottawa’s Fresh Meat Fest, a self-described “playground” that gives local artists the space to explore new work in a micro-play format. Keeping in kind, here are Jonas’ micro-reviews of the first five of…